Footrest for chairs



Nov. 13, 1928.

A. J. ADAMS v FOOIREST FOR CHAIRS Filed my 27. 1925 Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

i 1,691,36 PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. ADAMS, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 WTLLIAM S. FERR-IS,

TRADING AS DOMORE CHAIR COMPANY, OF

ELKHART, INDIANA.

FOOTREST FOR CHAIRS.

Application filed July 27, '1925. Serial No 46,230.

desks or benches, members are provided on said chairs for foot rests. However, such foot rests are'usually fixed with respect to the standard or legs of'the chair so that when the seat is adjusted with reference to the desk or bench, the foot rest is either too high or too low for the occupant. If too high or too low, the lower limbs of the occupant become fatigued and achy due to either retarded circulation or cramped. position of said limbs. Y V The primary object of the present invention is to provide a foot rest for; such a chair which is readily adjusted wit-h respect to the seat. A

. ,A further object of the lIIYBIItIOII IS to provide a foot rest which may be readily adjusted by the occupant when sitting in the chair. I

Still another object of the invention is to-provide a foot rest framewhich 1s pivotally connected at its rear end'to the rear legs I of the chair and has an associated bail adapted to engage fixed parts of the chair :to hold thefront end ofthe foot rest frame with the foot rest member thereon in the desired adjusted position.

These objects of the invention as well as.

' others together with the many advantages thereof,.will more fully appear as I pro- 7 ceed with my specification.

In the drawings: v

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a chair embodying one form of my improved foot rest.

Fig. Q is also a perspective View of a chair embodying amodified form of my improved foot rest.

Fig. is a horizontal, sectional view through a chair embodying my invention, the plane of the section being taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. V

Fig. 4' is a perspective view of the'foot rest or board embodied shown in Fig. 2.

' The invention, is herein illustrated and will be e ein d s ribed a re e led 5 in. the construction metallic chair but this is to be considered as by Way of illustration only and not bv way of'limitation because as it will be ap parent, the invention may also be embodied in othertypes ofchairs where its peculiar Referring now in detail to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig: 1, the chair includes a rectangular seat frame 1 having front and rear members 2 and 3 respectively and side members 4-4: all made characteristics makes it. advantageous to do of vertically edgewi'se arranged strip imetal. I The front and rear members of said frame are bowed downwardly between their ends as shown and supported on saidframe is a seat- 5. Said seat frame is mounted on pairs of'frontand rear legs 6' and 7 respectively, one at each (corner of the seatframe and all made of tubular metallic stock. Preferably theseat frame is ver tically' adjustable withv respect to said legs and to this end I provide atv each of the four corners of said frame, astud 8 which fits snugly in the top end of assoeiated leg and is secured therein by a set screw 9. y

I The legs of the chair are of a greater height than in the ordinary'chair and the legs of the front pair each include a long straight top portion 6 and a forwardly'oifl set bottom portion 6 while the legs of the rearpair each include a longstraight top portion 7? and a rearwardly ofiset bottom portion 7', said offset portions increasing the-spread of the legs in a manner providing a more stable base orsupport for the chair as-a whole.

The relatively long straight top ends of the legs are connected together by top and bottom-sets of brace bars, eachset including side braces 10 and 10 and front and rear 'bars ll and 11 respectively. The side brace bars of the top set of bracebars are provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced -.upstanding studs or pins 12 .12 as shown; Allthe brace bars are made of tu-' bular metallic stock and said studs or pins are preferably the form ofheaded rivets fixed 'in'the associated braces.

13-43 indicates side arms in the'form of vertically edgewise disposed strap irons which are pivoted at their rear ends one to each rear leg in the plane of the bottom setv ofv brace bars. The front ends of said side ex e d. sa eabl l tens f rward f tages: It maybe readily the front legs and said ends are together by a foot form of a tubular member. Said side arms may be swung about their pivotal connection with the rear legs into different angular positions as is apparent and associated therewith is an inverted U shaped bail 15. Said bail includes side members 16-16 the free bottom ends of which are pivotally connected to the' side arms 13 near their forward ends, and a horizontal member, 17

which connects the top ends of the side memhers together and is adapted to engage upon the top brace bars 10 behind any one the studs thereon and thus support the foot rest member in any one of its adjusted positions. Should it be desired to have a relatively high foot rest member, the mem her 17 of the bail will be engaged behind.

the rear most studs 12 12 and should it be desiredto have a relatively low foot rest the member 17 will be engaged behind the. foremoststuds 1212.

In Figs. 2,3 and 4 I have illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention in that instead of using a relatively-narrow bar-dike foot rest member I make use of a wider foot rest member andthe same is so arranged that nomatter what height'the same is adjusted to, it always is positioned in a horizontal plane.

As the chair itself including thelegs and brace bars as the same as, before described, they are indicated by the same reference numerals. In this instance there is provided at each side of the chairs a pair of arms each comprising parallel arm members 18 and 19 respectively which are pivoted at their rear ends to the rear legs 7-7. The front ends of 1 said arms are bent downwardly and are pivoted" to the end frame members 19 of a relatively wide foot rest member 20. The arms and foot rest provide a parallelogram so that no matter what elevation said foot rest member assumes, it will always remain horizontal. Preferably the foot rest member 20 is, made of wood and the end frame members thereof include a horizontal bar 21 and vertical bar 22, de-

pending therefore at the middle, the bottom end of said. vertical bar being connected to the'ends of the horizontal bar by angularly disposed braces 23-23, the front ends of the side arm members 18 and 19 being pivotally connected to said vertical bar as shown. To support the arm members inthe desired adjusted position, I employ the same kind of a bail 15 as before described, the

side members of. which are pivotally con- ,nected to the side arm members 1 8.18 as shown.

My improvedfoot rest has many advanadjusted by posit min h herize ta mem r cf t a 15 in back of the desired studs on the brace connected rest member, 14 in the ward ends of said arms,

front and rear pairs of legs and tending forwardly- :have referred to certain details of mechanical construction and arrangement of parts, I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be pointed out in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a chair having legs with pairs of braces connecting the same and a seat, arms pivoted to said legs, a footrest member carried by said arms, and an inverted Ll-shaped bail operatively engaged at free ends with said arms and with its cross connecting member engaged on a pair of said leg braces for supporting the arms with the foot rest member in any one of several diilerent'positions.

2. In combination with a chair having legs and a seat and pairs of braces connecting said legs, arms pivoted to said legs, a foot rest member carried by said arms, and means operatively connected to said arms and adapted to engage at different points with one of said pairs of braces for a hanging support therefrom for supporting the arms with the foot rest member. in any one of several different positions.

3. In combination w tha chair havmg front and rear pairs of legs and a seat and braces connecting said legs, arms pivotally connected at their rear ends to said, rear pair of legs and having their forward ends extending forwardly of said front pair of legs, a foot rest member carried on the fora bail pivoted to said arms and having a portion arranged above said braces, and means on said braces behind which theassoc1ated portion of the bail is adapted to be engaged to support said arms with the foot rest member in any one of several different positions.

4. In combination with a chair having a seat and braces connecting said legs, arms pi otally connected at their reargends to said rear pair their forward ends 8X- of said front pair of legs, a foot rest member carried on the forward ends of said arms, a bail pivoted to said arms and having a portion arranged above said braces and longitudinally spaced studs on said braces behind which the associated portion of the bail is adapted to be engaged to support said arms with the foot rest member in any one of several differentpositions. I

' 5. In combination with a chair having a seat and front and ,rearpairs of legs, a plurality of sets of braces connecting said legs together, longitudinally spaced studs of legs and having llU on one set of braces at the sides of the chair,

sets of races at theside of the chair and behind the studs thereon to support the arms with the foot rest member thereon in any one of several different positions.

6. In combination with a chair having a seat and front and rear pairs of legs, a relatively wide foot rest member at the front of the chair, means providing parallelogram supporting members pivoted at one end to said rear legs and at its other end to said foot rest member, and means connected to said parallelogram means and adapted to be engaged with fixed parts on said chair for holding said parallelogram means in the desired adjusted position, said means maintaining said foot rest member inany of its adJusted positions.

7. In combination with a chair having a seat and'front and rear pairs of legs, a relatively wide foot rest member at the for- Ward end of the ,chair, means providing a parallelogram operatively connected at one end to said foot rest member and, at its other end, operatively connected to one of said parallelogram means for holding the same in any one of several different positions.

1 8.1 In combination with a chair having a seat and front and rear pairs of legs, a' relatively Wide, horizontally disposed foot rest member at the front of the chair, means providing parallelogram supporting members, pivoted at their front ends to the foot rst member and at their rear ends to fixed parts of the chair, and means connecting said supporting .members with other fixed parts of the chair for holding said supporting -members and the associated foot rest pairs of legs, and means engaged With fixed parts of the chair and connected to said member in the desired adjusted position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,this 6th day of July, 1925.

p p ARTHUR J. ADAMS. 

